Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 21, 1990 TAG: 9003232639
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B2 EDITION: EVENING
SOURCE: New River Valley bureau
DATELINE: PULASKI LENGTH: Short
Last weekend, Ming lived up to that name again when he won the primary division of the Atlantic Chess Championships at Pulaski County High School.
The Draper Elementary first-grader was 5-0 in the division, which is made up of chess players from kindergarten through third grade. The regional competition drew 120 players from along the Eastern Seaboard.
Ming also entered the elementary section and won two out of three games in that division.
Claremont Elementary School in Pulaski won for team play in the primary division.
In the high school division, Pulaski County was first-place winner. Co-champions were Alex Chang of West Virginia and Wade Doster of North Carolina.
Pulaski Middle School won the middle school competition, with Jason Borillo, an eighth-grader from Pearisburg, and Lee Hudson, a third-grader from Charlotte, N.C., as co-champions.
by CNB